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vehicles worked on the service. When this route was transferred to Arriva Kent
Thameside, the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 vehicles were withdrawn and three additional Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC now work on the AZ service.
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The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) long
Fastrack A was added on 3 June 2007. It operates up to every ten minutes between Dartford and Bluewater serving Temple Hill, The Bridge, Crossways Business Park, Greenhithe station (and the
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Fastrack B began it was divided into five fare zones. They were replaced with the current three zones when Fastrack A began to simplify the fare structure and to ease the introduction of off-vehicle ticket machines.
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From 2 September 2018 Fastrack B was rerouted within
Ingress Park to serve the whole of the development following the completion of a new section of road linking the development with London Road.
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LCY3 distribution centre, in place of
Fastrack AZ which was modified to only operate at shift changeover times. A 24 hour service was introduced on Fastrack A at the same time, running between
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vehicles, up to every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day. On 3 April 2022, route AZ was modified to only run at shift changeover times at the LCY3 centre and at the same time, was transferred to
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to link The Bridge, Dartford, development site with
Crossways Business Park. From 30 September 2007 it was diverted via a dedicated bridge over the Dartford toll plaza and under the
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vehicles transferred from the Medway area which were refurbished to
Fastrack specification. 7 of the Wright StreetLites continue to operate on Fastrack A.
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The network is split into three fare zones. Tickets are sold by the driver and from roadside machines, at certain bus stops, to allow for faster boarding.
507:, with a main charging point installed in the form of a generator at the front of Greenhithe station allowing the bus to fully charge inside six minutes.
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On 10 December 2012 the
Everards Link Phase 2, which links Greenhithe station with the Ingress Park housing development via a stretch of busway, opened.
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with
Prologis and Amazon respectively. Measures used to allow buses to avoid traffic include signal priority, reserved lanes, and dedicated busways.
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Construction work on
Fastrack started on 23 September 2004, and it began operating with the introduction of Fastrack B on 26 March 2006 between
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services, added 2 km (1¼ mi) of junction priority and segregated lanes. Northfleet is still served by conventional Arriva route 480.
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M-tickets, bus tickets on mobile phones, were successfully trialled on 11 February 2008 and are now available across the Arriva bus network.
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retained the contract to operate the Fastrack B service. As part of this, the 14 Wright StreetLites on the route were replaced with newer
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From 21 March to 9 May 2018 Fastrack took part in a trial scheme which saw an additional hourly journey made by an electric
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and Gravesend along the newly constructed Springhead Bridge so that buses now serve the Springhead Park development.
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LCY3 distribution centre since 3 April 2022). Fastrack A is part-funded by
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LCY3 distribution centre in Dartford. The route was initially operated by
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Guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom
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in November 2024 and April 2025, a new fleet of 28
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711:"Fastrack B: Temple Hill to Gravesend"
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210:The network is currently operated by
263:in April 2008 in the previous livery
906:"Fastrack Network Map, August 2020"
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757:"Fastrack A: Dartford to Bluewater"
655:"Fastrack bus service open for use"
629:"Work starts on new Buslink scheme"
533:When the Fastrack is taken over by
488:The original fleet consisted of 26
218:from November 2024 and April 2025.
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289:Ebbsfleet International station
230:Fastrack Stop at Home Gardens,
214:but is due to be taken over by
153:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMCs
138:Ebbsfleet International station
1340:2006 establishments in England
890:Changes to Arriva bus services
871:. Newshopper. 12 December 2012
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516:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC
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1217:Greenwich Waterfront Transit
1129:Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
996:Bus & Coach Professional
966:Bus & Coach Professional
685:Bus & Coach Professional
7:
928:Kent Online, September 2020
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29:Fast Track (disambiguation)
10:
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1212:Abbey line (Hertfordshire)
1134:Centrelink (Gateshead X66)
944:. Arriva. 20 February 2008
527:Alexander Dennis Enviro400
316:Alexander Dennis Enviro400
18:
1304:United Kingdom portal
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1169:Luton to Dunstable Busway
1144:Fastrack (Thames Gateway)
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130:Bluewater Shopping Centre
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1164:Leigh-Salford-Manchester
1139:Clyde Fastlink (Glasgow)
910:Arriva Southern Counties
848:Arriva Southern Counties
762:Arriva Southern Counties
716:Arriva Southern Counties
550:
212:Arriva Southern Counties
201:Arriva Southern Counties
167:Arriva Southern Counties
1048:Dover District Council
557:further Fastrack system
452:Ebbsfleet International
1194:Sprint (West Midlands)
681:"Fastrack flight test"
277:Darent Valley Hospital
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75:; 18 years ago
27:. For other uses, see
1159:Ipswich Rapid Transit
1072:at Wikimedia Commons
512:Arriva Kent Thameside
320:Arriva Kent Thameside
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177:www.go-fastrack.co.uk
1325:Bus transport brands
980:Coach & Bus Week
742:4 March 2016 at the
657:. BBC. 26 March 2006
490:Wright Eclipse Urban
253:Wright Eclipse Urban
58:Wright StreetLite DF
1237:West London Transit
930:. 7 September 2020.
635:. 23 September 2004
525:, a total of eight
473:Fares and ticketing
205:Kent County Council
38:
1255:Edinburgh Fastlink
1174:MetroBus (Bristol)
498:Wright StreetLites
467:Greenhithe station
285:Greenhithe station
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261:Greenhithe station
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242:Wright StreetLites
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157:Wright StreetLites
73:26 March 2006
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796:on 21 August 2021
737:Community Website
510:On 4 August 2019
439:Dartford Crossing
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1024:August 2019
1022:CommunityAd
895:August 2018
505:Volvo 7900e
389:Temple Hill
269:Temple Hill
1319:Categories
746:The Bridge
639:6 November
607:KentOnline
589:References
435:QE2 Bridge
424:High Speed
413:Northfleet
393:Gravesend
342:Frequency
275:, serving
92:Northfleet
80:2006-03-26
948:17 August
875:17 August
825:23 August
800:23 August
768:21 August
722:21 August
661:17 August
565:Whitfield
376:Gravesend
356:Bluewater
273:Gravesend
142:Gravesend
62:Bluewater
25:FasTracks
1070:Fastrack
789:Go-Coach
740:Archived
633:BBC News
571:See also
523:Go-Coach
484:Vehicles
463:Dartford
417:Eurostar
351:Dartford
312:Go-Coach
301:Prologis
232:Dartford
195:area of
185:Fastrack
163:Operator
134:Dartford
37:Fastrack
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1149:Fastway
1121:Present
853:21 July
695:6 April
542:ie tram
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437:of the
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173:Website
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459:Amazon
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336:Start
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